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you know, joe biden was really kind of the leading drug warrior in the senate, both republican and democratic. and that kind of took the issue off the table and instead of there being a debate about it, it was who was tougher. who could get more, you know, who could rough more people up, who could be more in favor of more police on the streets who would give them more military-grade weapons -- >> longer sentences. >> exactly. >> this is the thing, this is the key truth, ryan, if an issue in washington is not being debated by democrats and republicans, it ceases to exist. no matter how much effect it has on lives of millions of americans. msnbc contributor ryan grim. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> our latest installment of "i see you politician who's trying to get away with something" features the governor of new jersey. chris christie. who spent the past few days probably hoping no one noticed what he did on friday night and everyone noticed what he did on monday morning. that's coming up. are you flo? yes. is this the thing you gave my husband? well, yeah, yes. the "name your price" to
you know, joe biden was really kind of the leading drug warrior in the senate, both republican and democratic. and that kind of took the issue off the table and instead of there being a debate about it, it was who was tougher. who could get more, you know, who could rough more people up, who could be more in favor of more police on the streets who would give them more military-grade weapons -- >> longer sentences. >> exactly. >> this is the thing, this is the key truth, ryan,...
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just look at the new hampshire democratic poll that was out. 60-8 over joe biden who i think has been the best vice president in my lifetime. she's 60-8 ahead. she is in a different stratosphere than she was in 2007-2008. >> i tell you what i would do, ed, if i were running the rnc, i would buy time and when the phone rings at 3:00 in the morning, add again, the president's foreign policy, i think that would make some people chatter. >> 860 some odd plus days until iowa. i think we have some time to think about both of those things. i have a feeling we may talk about this again. >>> moving on right now, some other stories that we are talking about, it is the battle of the bio pics at the box office. the much buzz about "the butler" which features oprah winfrey's first major movie performance in 15 years. also hitting theaters, the story about steve jobs that stars ashton kutcher. they say that everything is bigger in texas. well, if you're talking about large screen hd tvs, they might be right. tuesday the houston texans, by the way, unveiled the world's largest indoor video screens.
just look at the new hampshire democratic poll that was out. 60-8 over joe biden who i think has been the best vice president in my lifetime. she's 60-8 ahead. she is in a different stratosphere than she was in 2007-2008. >> i tell you what i would do, ed, if i were running the rnc, i would buy time and when the phone rings at 3:00 in the morning, add again, the president's foreign policy, i think that would make some people chatter. >> 860 some odd plus days until iowa. i think we...
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joe biden. waiting for test results after suffering weakness and disorientation last week. sources familiar with his condition tell nbc biden has a mass in his brain. which is why he remains at the md anderson cancer center. among the tests being conducted is a biopsy. the procedure's being done to rule out cancer. those test results will take several days to come back. a brain mass does not necessarily mean biden has a tumor. it can mean an aneurysm or hemorrhage or something else. he suffered a mild stroke three years ago. the vice president remains in houston at the side of his best friend and son. >>> we get our first poll this morning of likely voters in the virginia governor's race. democrat terry mcauliffe is in the lead. the newest poll shows mcauliffe up six points. 48-42. over virginia's attorney general ken cuccinelli. while the two are tied among men, there's a big gap among women voters. mcauliffe leads cuccinelli. cuccinelli's approval ratings are higher among likely voters. 22% sa
joe biden. waiting for test results after suffering weakness and disorientation last week. sources familiar with his condition tell nbc biden has a mass in his brain. which is why he remains at the md anderson cancer center. among the tests being conducted is a biopsy. the procedure's being done to rule out cancer. those test results will take several days to come back. a brain mass does not necessarily mean biden has a tumor. it can mean an aneurysm or hemorrhage or something else. he suffered...
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joe biden. there's a story in "the wall street journal" today joe biden says he might run regardless. this is a huge process. i compare it to an iceberg. the little part that people see above the water, the average voter seize above the water, there's a giant formation below water that's all of the stuff we're talking about now. so look, you cover it if there's news. i think there is news there. she is acting in political ways on a political landscape. i think we all need to write about that. >> amy, what's the first year you can run for class president? is it high school, freshman year? these guys and women show their hand that day, 13 years old. hillary clinton was the star of her graduating class at wellesley. no doubt about it from the beginning before she met this guy named bill from arkansas she had her eye on the prize. this is something that comes with the territory. usually the guys but here we have a woman. by the way, i think the woman's movement behind hillary is bigger than her. i t
joe biden. there's a story in "the wall street journal" today joe biden says he might run regardless. this is a huge process. i compare it to an iceberg. the little part that people see above the water, the average voter seize above the water, there's a giant formation below water that's all of the stuff we're talking about now. so look, you cover it if there's news. i think there is news there. she is acting in political ways on a political landscape. i think we all need to write...
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the message from joe biden is don't forget about me. i am still looking at 2016. he is not ruled out. i think certainly, if hillary clinton decides not to run, he very much wants to give it a long look. by going there and seeing all the democratic activists, i think he is trying to remind them that he may do this yet. he's run twice before. he has a lot of relationships in iowa from two campaigns going back '87 and '88. his doing this is no accident. >> chris, as you note in one of your blogs, you note in the fix that hillary clinton's absence created a vacuum in the hawkeye state for joe biden. >> bring up 2016, the only question anyone wants to talk about is what's hillary going to do? hillary clinton is not someone -- joe biden is going there to say i'm here. i may run. hillary clinton can never go to iowa to explore the possibility of running. she has to decide i'm in or out. she can't do what the other candidates can do, which means for the next 18 months or so until she makes up her mind, i have no inside information. she's not going to make up her mind befo
the message from joe biden is don't forget about me. i am still looking at 2016. he is not ruled out. i think certainly, if hillary clinton decides not to run, he very much wants to give it a long look. by going there and seeing all the democratic activists, i think he is trying to remind them that he may do this yet. he's run twice before. he has a lot of relationships in iowa from two campaigns going back '87 and '88. his doing this is no accident. >> chris, as you note in one of your...
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coming up, the president and vice president will be speaking in joe biden's backyard figuratively. we'll bring ta to you live. but first, the ugly intersection of race and crime. >> i think that in the post trayvon era, there is kind of a perverse tug of war going on now. conversely conservatives are saying, hey, wait a second. why didn't the liberal media so exercised over the trayvon martin slaying take up the three black boys beat up the white kid or the slaying of the white toddler by the two black teenagers. [ female announcer ] made just a little sweeter... because all these whole grains aren't healthy unless you actually eat them ♪ multigrain cheerios. also available in delicious peanut butter. healthy never tasted so sweet. there's a new way to fight litter box odor. also available in delicious peanut butter. introducing tidy cats with glade tough odor solutions. two trusted names, one amazing product. >>> it's a horrific tragedy all over the news. three teens arrested in oklahoma for gunning down and killing 22-year-old chris lane. an australian man in the united states
coming up, the president and vice president will be speaking in joe biden's backyard figuratively. we'll bring ta to you live. but first, the ugly intersection of race and crime. >> i think that in the post trayvon era, there is kind of a perverse tug of war going on now. conversely conservatives are saying, hey, wait a second. why didn't the liberal media so exercised over the trayvon martin slaying take up the three black boys beat up the white kid or the slaying of the white toddler by...
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joe biden would be a formidable candidate. >> the polls this early, what are they? >> of course. early on, it's still early. lots and lots of time for those poll numbers to change. in the meantime, he ought to be advising the president not do the bus tour so much because the president is a powerful speaker and persuasive speaker but rather to try to get some things done. biden's best help that the president accomplishes something in the second term and do like lyndon johnson did. he didn't do a bus tour complaining the republicans weren't helping in '64. instead went out and found republicans to help him. >> where is the president going to find republicans help him when they are calling for an impeachment? >> some would work to fix obama care and get college students a better deal with regards to tuition and to provide a clearer path. >> hey, joe, can you -- if there are republicans that are willing to work with the president, can you release those names? i think the american people would love to hear them. >> it's really for the president to do. lyndon johnson didn't sit back in
joe biden would be a formidable candidate. >> the polls this early, what are they? >> of course. early on, it's still early. lots and lots of time for those poll numbers to change. in the meantime, he ought to be advising the president not do the bus tour so much because the president is a powerful speaker and persuasive speaker but rather to try to get some things done. biden's best help that the president accomplishes something in the second term and do like lyndon johnson did. he...
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as joe biden would say. i think he literally has and trouble here for a number of reasons. and this is the part where i disagree slightly with what's been said here by my esteemed dinner panel guests. >> thank you. >> which is it is a little different when you have an incumbent president who hasn't even hit the mid-terms yet. and while hillary is now an independent private citizen and has worked hard and is free now to give speeches like the one she gave on voting rights last week at the american bar association, which was a tremendous endorsement of renewing the voting rights act and an attack on what's happening in north carolina, welcomed part of this debate, joe biden's first and only job is the job we the taxpayers are paying for, which is serving as number 2 in the white house. so if he is personally approving these kind of stories, even though politics is politics, i've got it think some people including potentially the president feel that he ought to cool it for a little while and we don't need to contribute they might say to an environment of lame duckness. >> ari
as joe biden would say. i think he literally has and trouble here for a number of reasons. and this is the part where i disagree slightly with what's been said here by my esteemed dinner panel guests. >> thank you. >> which is it is a little different when you have an incumbent president who hasn't even hit the mid-terms yet. and while hillary is now an independent private citizen and has worked hard and is free now to give speeches like the one she gave on voting rights last week...
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vice president joe biden went to houston monday with his son, beau, for medical tests. beau was hospitalized for weakness and disorientation after a long vacation drive. three years ago he suffered a mild stroke. >>> caroline kennedy has revealed financial information for the first time. for her nomination to be ambassador to japan, kennedy filed documents that show her personal fortune could be between $250 million and $500 million. >>> republican senator ted cruz of texas is dealing with questions with his birth place and whether he's eligible to run for president. he releaseded his birth certificate which shows he was born in alberto, canada. he was renounce canadian citi n citizensh citizenship. >> i was born in canada. my mother is a u.s. citizen. she was born in wilmington. lived most of her life in the u.s.. so i'm a citizen by birth. those are the facts of my birth and i'll let other people worry about the legal consequences. >>> embattled san diego mayor bob filner supporters came out of the woodwork monday. he's supposedly talking about a possible settlement w
vice president joe biden went to houston monday with his son, beau, for medical tests. beau was hospitalized for weakness and disorientation after a long vacation drive. three years ago he suffered a mild stroke. >>> caroline kennedy has revealed financial information for the first time. for her nomination to be ambassador to japan, kennedy filed documents that show her personal fortune could be between $250 million and $500 million. >>> republican senator ted cruz of texas is...
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she has very little in her way except joe biden. i think joe biden's prepared for that possibility he'll have to step aside. >> one other headline made from iowa this weekend. donald trump's appearance has that sort of here we go again feel to this. we're ignoring it largely. he did stick a finger into ted cruz's eye with this comment. take a listen to this conversation. >> is he eligible to be president of the united states? >> well, if he was born in canada, perhaps not. i'm not sure where he was born. >> he was definitely born in canada. >> okay, you'll have to ask him that question. >> he was definitely born in canada. does that mean sorry, ted cruz? will there be birthers on left? the same way there were birthers on the right? >> it may be the donald trump birther. seems not to let go of this issue. who knows where that will go. >> i want to get a sense from you, kim. ted cruz asked evangelical voters to send their cell phone numbers for him. this guy looks like he's making bigger plans. >> iowa doesn't want hillary clinton's s
she has very little in her way except joe biden. i think joe biden's prepared for that possibility he'll have to step aside. >> one other headline made from iowa this weekend. donald trump's appearance has that sort of here we go again feel to this. we're ignoring it largely. he did stick a finger into ted cruz's eye with this comment. take a listen to this conversation. >> is he eligible to be president of the united states? >> well, if he was born in canada, perhaps not. i'm...
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. >> now we have vice president joe biden confirming he is the key note speaker in an annual steak fry in iowa that is coming up next month. this sounds very familiar. what are the chances of the people that we have already seen showing up in iowa being true contenders come 2016? >> we have a mix of rodeo clowns who are in. it because they just want to stay relevant. donald trump. rick santorum has a narrow base appeal and people are rising stars and proving themselves such as ted cruz. everybody is talking about how ted cruz did so it's possible that he is on track to be the favorite for 2016. >> one thing about donald trump taking aim at hillary but before we get to hillary, talk about donald for a moment. we heard what irin thinks. he is showing up to remain relevant? it has no real bearing on presidential hopefulness. >> if i was rich and bored i probably would do the same thing. why not? he can. what he loves is publicity. he is like the dark hole, you know, of that all strange political publicity gets sucked into. he is just there for fun. >> so we saw ted cruz aiming his swipes
. >> now we have vice president joe biden confirming he is the key note speaker in an annual steak fry in iowa that is coming up next month. this sounds very familiar. what are the chances of the people that we have already seen showing up in iowa being true contenders come 2016? >> we have a mix of rodeo clowns who are in. it because they just want to stay relevant. donald trump. rick santorum has a narrow base appeal and people are rising stars and proving themselves such as ted...
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he owes hillary clinton a lot but probably owes joe biden a lot more. he has fought a lot of his legislative battles on capitol hill. how does president obama walk the line, supporting its vice president but trying to give hillary clinton her due. >> look, i've got to say, i think this is not quite as ultrachoreographed as we're making it out to be. i think the president, first of all -- >> are you saying you don't agree with every word maureen dowd said. >> i know that's the first time i've said this on the show. i think that, you know, first of all, i think if you're a president with three years left, the last thing you're doing is spending a ton of time thinking about who is going to do the job next. you have a limited amount of time with which you're doing the job. i don't think the president will get heavily involved in picking between joe biden and hillary clinton. i think that will in many ways sort itself out once each of them decides what they want to do. but i think there's a long, long way to go. quite frankly, a number of unanswered question
he owes hillary clinton a lot but probably owes joe biden a lot more. he has fought a lot of his legislative battles on capitol hill. how does president obama walk the line, supporting its vice president but trying to give hillary clinton her due. >> look, i've got to say, i think this is not quite as ultrachoreographed as we're making it out to be. i think the president, first of all -- >> are you saying you don't agree with every word maureen dowd said. >> i know that's the...
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vice president joe biden and dr. jill biden released a statement saying their son beau had undergone a successful procedure and is in great shape. beau biden tweeted this picture with a message, on our way home. can't wait to get back. what a good family. the delaware attorney general underwent a biopsy at the m.d. cancer center in houston sunday night. we send our best wishes to the biden family. rad school. 20 years with the company. thousands of presentations. and one hard earned partnership. it took a lot of work to get this far. so now i'm supposed to take a back seat when it comes to my investments? there's zero chance of that happening. avo: when you work with a schwab financial consultant, you'll get the guidance you need with the control you want. talk to us today. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardiz
vice president joe biden and dr. jill biden released a statement saying their son beau had undergone a successful procedure and is in great shape. beau biden tweeted this picture with a message, on our way home. can't wait to get back. what a good family. the delaware attorney general underwent a biopsy at the m.d. cancer center in houston sunday night. we send our best wishes to the biden family. rad school. 20 years with the company. thousands of presentations. and one hard earned...
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we should know joe biden could be having a lasting impact on the language. the vice president punctuating every single one of his sentences with the word "literally." now that practice is gaining acceptance. this week the website motive discovered google added a second definition for literally acknowledging it is obvious used for emphasis or to express strong feeling. miriam webster and cambridge dictionaries added this usage. when it comes to shaping the english language this makes biden a more accomplished vice president than at least one of his predecessors. we should know the final remaining embers of formal gay marriage in california were snuffed out this week. on wednesday the california supreme court denied an effort to revive proposition eight which banned gay marriage in the state and which a federal court deemed unconstitutional, a decision the u.s. supreme court allowed to stand in june. this week challenge came from prop 8's spoerns. with the supreme court, a period on the end of the sentence of protracted legal battle over gay marriage at least
we should know joe biden could be having a lasting impact on the language. the vice president punctuating every single one of his sentences with the word "literally." now that practice is gaining acceptance. this week the website motive discovered google added a second definition for literally acknowledging it is obvious used for emphasis or to express strong feeling. miriam webster and cambridge dictionaries added this usage. when it comes to shaping the english language this makes...
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biden. you have to watch and see whether she's going to run. if she runs, an altered the landscape dramatically because she's so strong. >> would you tell martin o'malley if they asked you your advice, is it worth doing it, is it worth trying the uphill battle that it's going to be. you found yourself in that situation, tougher to raise money, tough to get people, because they all jumped on one of the two front-runners in the race that you were involved in. >> yeah, i would say go for it. i'm different than other people. i would say to the o'malleys, to joe, cuomo, others contemplating it, out west and montana, my friend brian i think is a viable candidate. i would say, you know, dip your toe in. don't -- never say never. but, you know, do some polling. do some travel. iowa and new hampshire is so important because they're so early. if she gets in, obviously, she is an immediately strong front-runner. probably the strongest front-runner we've ever seen moving early in a presidential race. bu
biden. you have to watch and see whether she's going to run. if she runs, an altered the landscape dramatically because she's so strong. >> would you tell martin o'malley if they asked you your advice, is it worth doing it, is it worth trying the uphill battle that it's going to be. you found yourself in that situation, tougher to raise money, tough to get people, because they all jumped on one of the two front-runners in the race that you were involved in. >> yeah, i would say go...
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biden. he's a big favorite there among voters. that should get a lot of attention. the president really trying to frame the debate. he'll be talk about college affordability. some of the other issues he talked on involved winding down fannie mae and freddie mac. really trying to map out his larger fiscal goals. all of this is to tee up the fights we'll see unfold in the fall which is the budget and also the debt ceiling which has been a big point of contention in the past. >> i know we have both said how we're looking forward to talking about that. >> reporter: oh, yes. >>> let's get to some more front page politics. a pennsylvania judge has ruled the state cannot enforce its voter i.d. law during the upcoming election. it also barred from having local election officials from telling voters that photo i.d.s will be required in future elections. naacp and other civics groups are challenging the law. >>> he released statement sawing the law would serve only to coop fuse law-abiding gun owners
biden. he's a big favorite there among voters. that should get a lot of attention. the president really trying to frame the debate. he'll be talk about college affordability. some of the other issues he talked on involved winding down fannie mae and freddie mac. really trying to map out his larger fiscal goals. all of this is to tee up the fights we'll see unfold in the fall which is the budget and also the debt ceiling which has been a big point of contention in the past. >> i know we...
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> i think they have, julien bond who has been outspoken on that and taken a leadership role, so has joe biden and the president of the united states, you might see the president evoking gay rights, gay marriage tomorrow. right before the election, he went to caesar chavez's grave, and prayed, barack obama and sat with the widow of caesar chavez. yes, we can, coming from the chavez movement. it might be an opportunity to bring the latino movement into the fold and have a talk about the poverty situation, that no one should be afraid of a midnight knock on the door. there's a lot of opportunity for the president. again, reread the second inaugural and i think this will almost be a component speech to the social justice part of what i thought was an excellent second inaugural. >> you know, it will be interesting to see how he ties the issues together. finally, james, i want to get to something i found interesting from "the washington post." they issued a mea culpa, turning out the "post" missed a lot of things in their coverage in 1963. they were forthcoming about this. the front page lead
> i think they have, julien bond who has been outspoken on that and taken a leadership role, so has joe biden and the president of the united states, you might see the president evoking gay rights, gay marriage tomorrow. right before the election, he went to caesar chavez's grave, and prayed, barack obama and sat with the widow of caesar chavez. yes, we can, coming from the chavez movement. it might be an opportunity to bring the latino movement into the fold and have a talk about the...
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"the houston chronicle" beau biden, son of vice president joe biden, is undergoing tests in houston, texas, after spells of disorientation and weakness. the attorney general of delaware has been the attorney general since 2006. beau had a mild stroke in 2010 and surgery to correct two brain aneurysms in 1988. the vice president is in texas with his son. >> send him the best. beau biden one of the nicest guys around. send him the very best. >> "new york post" city officials announcing the latest gun bust in new york history. police arrested 19 people and uncovered 254 firearms. the nypd operation tore apart two smuggling rings from south carolina. some of the weapons pulled in as much as $160,000. >> this was like one of the largest gun busts i think in new york history. >> and "the new york times" the federal reserve says some major banks are coming up short during stress testing. aimed at insuring whether they can weather another financial crisis. the report indicates some banks are making the same mistakes they made during the recent economic crisis. and jeffrey sachs, i have to ca
"the houston chronicle" beau biden, son of vice president joe biden, is undergoing tests in houston, texas, after spells of disorientation and weakness. the attorney general of delaware has been the attorney general since 2006. beau had a mild stroke in 2010 and surgery to correct two brain aneurysms in 1988. the vice president is in texas with his son. >> send him the best. beau biden one of the nicest guys around. send him the very best. >> "new york post" city...